Blade de-edging and receiving device



l May 7, 1929.

E. R. WHARTON BLADE DE-EDGING AND RECEIVING DEVICE i Filed July l5, 1927 mumlmmmummnuununumm i .-Patente'd Muy l n c u NQTED? V:srares `EDWARD R'. WHARTON, or MEDFORD, MASsAoHUsErTsfAssrGNoRfor ONE-HALF To l,

ATE" f JOHN ngvERNER, or MALDEN,v MASSACHUSETTS. f 'f f BLADE DE-EDGING-V .AND RECEIVING- DEVICE. .l

Application mea. Jury 1a,

. Theobject of this invention is to provide been so impairedy that'theyfareno longervr cnY a device for dulling or lcle-edging discarded safetyfrazor blades after their keenness has suitableV for use in shaving, and to enable the fle-edged blades to be .conveniently segregated, so that they may be safely disposed of.

lDiscarded blades usually remain `so sharp that theyvare aso'urce of danger, if allowed. to accumulate where they .arel liable to be pickedup by children', and other more or less irresponsible persons. ,Y

.The device in which my inventionis yembodied is adapted to Abe operatedjin. such man- .ner that a discarded blade is de-e :l ed*by' "a` longitudinalcmovementthereof, and deposited by the same movement in a ,receptacle wherein it maybe Stored with other blades,

Ysimil-arly treateduntil the receptacleis filled, after which the accumulationV of blades may be safely disposed of by another operation.

" @Of the accompanying drawings forming 1' apart of this speeiflcatlom- Figure l isa s ide view of a deedging and a segregating .device embodying the invention.

l l. Figure 2 isa top .planV view of the same,

without the inner `member hereinaftery described of the segregating receptacle.

f Figure 'is "an .enlargedV fragmentary secktion on lineY E34-3 of Figures land 2. ,A i Figure 11s asectionon line 41 of Figure' 12, showingthe inner m'ember'of the segregatj ingreceptacle.v 1

- Figrue '5 isa l fragmentary "perspective v1ew,show1ng the upper portion of said'mnerfy member. f Y Y rl`he same reference characters indicate 'the same parts 1n all of the figures.'

In 'the drawings, 12 designates a receptacle,y Vpreferably of sheet metal, having'an open up-V v'per end which may be closed by a cover 13,

hinged at 14 to one side of the receptacle, and provided with a ange 15, adapted to receive an ear 16 ontheoppositeside of therecep# tacle. 'Said ear maybe perforated toengage a padlock, whereby the cover may be locked 'p when closed. Fixed to an intermediate side f 'ofthe receptacle 12, is arunway, composed,

inlthis instance, of Va bottom'l. and upstand-V ing flanges 18,'at opposite edges of the bot-A 'tom. The runway may be supported bya 5 bracket 19 fixed to the yreceptacle andthe boti i tom of the runway. A safety-razor blade' 2O f is movableendwise onvthe runway, inapre-T 1927. serial No.. 205,521'. I

determined path,v preferably by a pusher composed of a base 21, and a handle 22, the

base being lprovided withvv runners 23, mov-l able 1n lguiding slots 24lin the bottom 17.

One of the runners is shownbyFigured.. n'

. :"vVit-h the runwayflassociatev cle-edging means, adapted to Cle-edge a blade ,while itis being moved inthey runway 'and embodied Vin this instance, 1n,ile-surfacedblocls25,fiXed f to the free'fends of'springs l26, the opposite :ends of which are fixed at2'72to-the runway flanges '18. f The blocks .25, `are yieldingly j supportedby the-.springs infop'eni-ngs 28,1111

the'flanges 18, and their serrated inneiisidesj j" l are adapted to'bear simultaneously on-they edges Aofthe blade 20, wlienff the latter is" movedk in the runway toward Athe .receptacle- 4 "Y 12, the blade' being `de-edge`d its movef ment between. the file blocks. In other words, tlle edges are so reducedthat they vare deprived Vof dangerous sharpness.

The receptacle is provided with areceiving Y mouthy 29, located in the path ofthe blade and arranged to receive the de-.edged blade when i it xleaves the runway.l

The blade'receptacle preferably includes an member 33d (Figure 5) yformed vby cutting Y parallel slits'in one` vside of the inner imem# ber.l The innervmember'thus 'charged and l closed, may be disposed of in any suitable.

The device is adapted :for homeuse and for use 1n more or less public places, such as toilet rooms of'sleeping-cars. Its use enables dis# carded Vblades to lbe conveniently'and safely disposed of. c l c 'I -am'not limited to the de -edgingmmembers 'theyareadapted to act as .describedQ i The de-edg'ed blades depriVClDf s kenzcub tingedges, and therefore notda-ngerousto handle, would create an.obj'ectior'iablelitterI v-iiallowe'cl to lie about unsegregated. This -here shown," and the Same may be' of any" f suitable construction-and material, whereby thepath el' the blade and formed to receive the blade when it leaves the runway.v

2. A blade de-edg'er and receiver comprisd ing,l a blade runway fl'orined to support a blade and guide it in a predetermined pathJ a pair ot cle-edging' members located at op posite sides ol the runway and arranged to bear simultaneously en the edges off a two-- edged blade 'while' rit is being movedfin thel runway, to cle-edge the blade, fand' a blade receptacle having a receiving mouth located in the path of the blade and formed to receive the blade'when itleaves the runway.

3. VA blade de-edger and Yreceiver comprising,` a bladerunway formed to support a blade and guide it ina predetermined path, a pair of deedging members located at opposite sides of the runway and arranged to bear Vvsimultaneously on the edges of a two-edged blade while it is being moved in the runway, to cle-edge the blade, anda blade receptacle having a receivingmouth located in the pat-h of the blade and formed `to receive the blade when it leaves the runway, means beine provided for pressing' said members yieldingly againsttheblade edges. v

4l; 'AV blade de-edgcr and receiver comprising a-'blade runway Vformed to support a blade predetermined path, de-

and guide it inaI ing the' slot therein, when said member edging means associated with the runway and j adapted to de -edgea blade while it is being moved in the runway, a blade'- recept-acle hav ing` a receiving mouth located in the path ot' the blade and formed to receive theblade when it leaves the runway, and a blade pusher guided by the runway and adapted to bear on the outer end of a blade therein.

5. A blade de-edgcr and receiver compris-i ing ablade runway formed to support a blade and guide it in a predeternnned pat-h, dee edging means associated with the runway and adapted to deeedge a blade while it is vbeingl moved in the runway, and a blade receptacle having1 a receiving' mouth located in the path ot the blade and formed to receive the blade when it leaves the runway, said receptacle comprising an outer Vmember fixed to the runway, and an inner member removably inserted in the outer member, the receiving mouth being provided by registering slots in the vreceptache membersthe inner member beingv provided with means torclosmoved lirom'the outermember.l f Y 6. A' blade cle-edger and receiver comprisinga blade runway formed to support a blade and guide it in'a predetermined path, de# edging means associated with the runway and adapted to deledpgeV a blade while itis Vbeing moved in thev runway, anda blade receptacle havinga receiving` mouth located in the path et thelblade and termed tov receive the blade when it leavesthe runway, the receptacle being provided with a displaceable cover adapted to be locked in closed position.

In testimony whereof I have alxed my signature. Y

f vEDWARD u.' WHARTON." 

